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Proving Your Learning Through Portfolio Presentations

August 30, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

CBE Starter Pack 1: Students are Empowered Daily

August 25, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Activate Student Agency

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

August 18, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

It Starts with Us: An Exploration of Teachers as Self-Directed Leaders

August 11, 2022

Sarah Hayes

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Help Aurora Make it to SXSWEDU 2023!

August 11, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute

A Ten Question CBE Reflection Tool

August 4, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

Teacher Insights on Developing Competency-Based Practices in the Classroom

July 20, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction

Scaffolds for Student Agency

July 13, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Celebrating Readiness for the Next Challenge: Gateway at the Parker School

July 6, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

How Competencies Influence Teacher Practice

June 30, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Competencies Help Bridge the Gap Between Traditional and Project-Based Learning

June 28, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Using Competency Performance Levels as Predictors of College Persistence in Competency-Based Schools

June 22, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Hello From the New CompetencyWorks Program Director

June 16, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Registration for Symposium 2022 is Now Open!

June 7, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute Symposium

Strategies for Responsive Pacing at the Success Center

June 2, 2022

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

The Primary Person Model and Transformative Learning Experiences at Opportunity Academy

May 26, 2022

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Summing up the Competency-Based Education Journey

May 10, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Let Educators Drive: Gradual Release to Learner-Centered Design

May 3, 2022

Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Designing Data-Driven Personalized Pathways for Professional Learning

April 26, 2022

Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction

A Roadmap for Personalized, Competency-Based Professional Learning

April 20, 2022

Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Transparently Tracking and Communicating Progress and Growth in Competency-Based Schools

April 11, 2022

Sandra Moumoutjis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Pairing Competency-Based Education with Project-Based Learning Makes for a Powerful Learning Experience

April 5, 2022

Kristin De Vivo

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Education Domain Blog

Federal Government Makes Historic Investments for FY 2022 for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments Program: Legislative Update

March 29, 2022

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

4 Key Takeaways from #SXSWEDU2022

March 14, 2022

Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Aurora Institute, Issues in Practice

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